It's interesting, but the fact that the cockpit remained populated in correct configuration, with pilots at the stick, and discussing other things,
may point to a lack of turbulence, or the disconnection of belts just prior to impact, something that sounds counterintuitive, but can be explained in a number of ways in connection with last second panic.
Who says the pilots died immediately? The "impact" reads as less powerful than Schiphol 737, with a better horizontal. If they survived the impact, who stays in a sinking barrel to drown? I'm off with my belts, and adios. What would Gus Grissom have done? Right....
Last edited by Lyman; 23rd Oct 2011 at 05:31.